Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)

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6.9	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Carl Reiner

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Steve Martin
Rigby Reardon

Rachel Ward
Juliet Forrest

Alan Ladd
The Exterminator

Carl Reiner
Field Marshall VonKluck

Barbara Stanwyck
Leona Hastings-Forrest

Ray Milland
Sam Hastings

Ava Gardner
Kitty Collins

Burt Lancaster
Swede Anderson

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Carl Reiner
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Steve Martin
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Description: Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward) is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin). He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are "The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta." Searching for answers, Rigby encounters assorted low-lives: dangerous men and women who were the hallmarks of the classic detective movies of the 40's and 50's. Filming in black and white allows scenes from old movies to be cut into this f ... (more)

Release date: 21 May 1982
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